| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-09 | Hampshire | Il | Custom Pak Illinois, Inc | Multiple body parts | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee was working with a machine that was filling small tubes with methyl ethyl ketone peroxide (MEKP). He pulled out the pickup tube and the chemical splashed on him, causing second-degree burns to his shoulder, chest, arm, and stomach. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-01-24 | Hampshire | Illinois | BUCKHEAD MEAT COMPANY | Upper extremities | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was cutting meat with a band saw when the employee's sleeve became caught, pulling the employee's arm into the saw blade and causing an amputation. | |||||
| 2019-04-16 | Hampshire | Illinois | Buckhead Meat Midwest Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| On April 14, 2019, an employee was cutting the ends off frozen pork loins using a bandsaw. The blade amputated the tip of his left thumb. | |||||
| 2019-01-04 | Hampshire | Illinois | W.R. Meadows, Inc. | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was picking up a cleaning device sitting on top of a mixing vessel when he fell about 9 feet from the vessel, hitting his back, head, and buttocks on the mobile stair ladder during the fall. | |||||
| 2018-07-11 | Hampshire | Illinois | American Precision Assemblers, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was crimping terminals on a mechanical power press when the press amputated the employee's left index finger. | |||||
| 2017-07-20 | Hampshire | Illinois | W. R. Meadows, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was pulled through a 10-inch opening into a machine, suffering a broken right arm and burns to the face, neck, hip, and right arm. The machine was in operation at the time. | |||||
| 2016-05-16 | Hampshire | Illinois | ELGILOY SPECIALTY METALS | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was removing a C-hook from the inside diameter of a steel coil. The employee's left index finger was caught between the C-hook and the steel coil, partially amputating the fingertip. | |||||
| 2015-05-14 | Hampshire | Illinois | Hampshire Farms, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched between two stationary objects |
| An employee's left distal thumb got pinched between a table and a wheel while moving trees in compartment #3. The employee sustained a near amputation of a left distal thumb fracture, complex 5-centimeter laceration, complex nail bed repair, and exposed bone. | |||||